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I do appreciate your well-thought-out arguments. Though I vehemently disagree, it's refreshing to read an opinion piece about homeschooling that acknowledges the plusses and attempts to be respectful. Thanks.

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Choosing the appropriate venue for your child's education is not easy. When my daughter started kindergarten (she is now finishing grade 7), we explored EVERYTHING, with the exception of home schooling (for reasons which I will explain shortly). We had a spot reserved for her at the neighbourhood english public school, at the french immersion public school, at the co-ed private school up the street and at the Catholic school just behind us. In the end we chose french immersion, favouring the language skills and the "private school within the public system" reputation, and we have been very happy, although all of the public school drawbacks that you mentioned are a reality. One thing to think about during this decision-making process when the kids are small is that high school is coming faster than you think. In Vancouver, B.C., high school starts in grade 8, and you go through this selection process all over again, adding subject-area-specific mini schools into the mix and this time with an eye to university and beyond. It does not get easier. We have decided to stay the course, and our daughter is remaining in french immersion.

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I did list a number of different reasons for homeschooling in my post and emphatically stated my support for most of them. I hope that didn't get overshadowed by my concerns over the ideological reasons some people have for homeschooling.

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People homeschool for a vast number of reasons. A lot of them have very little to do with sheltering their child from the big, bad world. I'd be willing to bet that people that homeschool to pass on bigotry and hatred to their child would pass those things on even if the child went to traditional school.

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This is, as always, a well thought out article, and my hat is off to you for your thoughtful analysis. I would counter, however, that just as you "do not think that there is any reason why parents cannot teach their children about their faith outside of school hours," there is no reason to believe that racist, hate-filled parents can't create more of the same, while still sending their kids to school. In fact, one of the reasons I'm choosing to home school my children, at least while they are young, is to prevent them from being "socialized" by other children whose parents I don't know, and who may have ideas about racism and other things that I don't share and don't want my impressionable little ones picking up.

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Lots of theories on what WILL happen if a child is not exposed to whatever jerks and bullies, playground mentalities, unpleasant teachers, and Lord of the Flies stuff at school. It sounds like a lot of hand-wringing theorizing, to be honest, especially when you admit you have almost no exposure to home education whatsoever.

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As far as "wet noodles", if that's a homeschool pitfall then why do you see so many of them (most of which obviously went to school)? I kind of think each "wet noodle" has their own story, and it's not fair to lay it down in theory to some kind of parenting choice. I think many who can't handle conflict are those were exposed to lots of Might=Right, authoritarianism, etc. and did not receive the guidance and opportunity to struggle through these issues on their own - not those who've learned when to stand up for oneself and when to let things go by having their parents A. model behaviors in doing so and B. support kids' in getting in touch with their intuition and sense of Right and Wrong.

Why Is Homeschool Good For My Child

We're homeschooling because we have one very active little boy who is academically ahead of the curve. We were already getting "suggestions" that we should consider medicating him and there's no way that I'd do that to a 4-year-old. He absolutely loves to learn and pulling him out of preschool to give homeschooling a try is one of the best decisions that I've made as a parent.